Jean Baptiste Martin costume design engravings, ca. 1763-1779.

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Jean Baptiste Martin costume design engravings, ca. 1763-1779.

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Hand-colored engravings of costume designs by French designer, Jean BaptisteMartin.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University

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Martin, Jean Baptiste, fl. 1748-1757.

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Jean Baptiste Martin was a French costume designer. Few facts are known about him: he was the immediate successor of François Boucher at the Paris Opéra from July 1748 until 1757 or 1758... He designed costumes for opéras-ballets by Rameau and revivals of Lully and Charpentier. The Mercure reported, in July 1763, the appearance of Martin’s Collection de figures theatrales (20 colored engravings), ‘six years after he retired’. They portray Driade, Indienne, Incas, Hercule, Flore, Paysan, Paysanne...